Corrosion Resistance Testing of AlumiPlate Aluminum Plating

	Class 1 (thickness = 1.0 mil) / (Type 1 = as coated) at 1,933 hrs - Some (< 25%) White Corrosion Products

	Reference

	1,020 hrs

	1,933 hrs

The AlumiPlate™ Electrodeposited Aluminum Coating is Covered by (among others) Military Specification:  MIL-C-83488C Coatings, Aluminum, High Purity and therefore can be applied as a drop in replacement wherever Ion Vapor Deposition Aluminum is specified. Electroplated Aluminum outperforms IVD aluminum in a majority of applications, as indicated in the following table:

Mil-C-83488D Corrosion Resistance Requirements vs. AlumiPlate Actual Performance (ASTM b-117 Salt Fog Test)
		IVD Aluminum coating requirements		Electroplated AlumiPlate coating actual performance
		As-plated	Chromated	As-plated	Chromated
Class	Thickness	Type 1	Type 2	Type 1	Type 2
3	0.3 mil	168 hrs	336 hrs	500 hrs	> 1000 hrs
2	0.5 mil	336 hrs	504 hrs	1000 hrs	> 2000 hrs
1	1.0 mil	504 hrs	672 hrs	2000 hrs	> 3000 hrs

*These results were reported by a customer testing salt fog corrosion resistance of aluminum  plated bolts.  In ASTM B-117 testing conducted to date, no specimen of AlumiPlate aluminum  coating with a chromate conversion coating (Type 2 per the Mil specification) has ever reached  an end point (white OR red corrosion products) in as much as 6300 hrs!

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